Go to the Beginner's guide for basic information. (Support section of Forum – top of page)
I limit myself to the Dailys: Click on "Offers" at the top of the FC page and then click on "Dailys"
This section has several Daily surveys (you can COMPLETE one survey from each of the sites in any 24 hour period)
Be sure to clear your cookies and temps before you begin doing surveys in a particular box.
Being able to complete a survey depends on your demographics, so don't be surprised if you are disqualified (DQ'd) on several surveys before you are able to complete one.
When you get the congradulations page for a survey, keep that page open for 5-10 minutes - or until you receive confirmation that the survey has credited to your account. I usually have my account page open in another tab so I can view it and refresh periodically.
If the survey doesn't credit in 10 minutes, take a screen shot of the page, bring it up on "PAINT", add a few comments so you can identify it, then save it as a jpeg picture (I usually name the picture FCPOPdate, so I can find it easily later.). If you don't receive credit in a day or two, you can send the jpeg picture to Support and hope they will be successful in getting credit for themselves and for you.)
Then I do the daily $.15 click, and check for $.01 or .02 viedos ads to watch. If you haven't signed up for the daily paid email, the box to do so is in this section. That will come to your mail box shortly after you sign up. If you don't see it in a day or two, check your spam files.
Check the Contest and Promotions section of the Forum. The $3.00/month bonus for posting is great. Not only do you learn about FC via the Forum, you can help other members as you gain more experience. There are also mini contests and the $1.00 bonus for making a screen shot of your cash out when you get it.
I cash out every 3-4 months. Not a lot, but enough for me given the amount of time I spend.
I'll let others talk about doing offers and getting referrals.